Industry Financial Round Up

West Chester, Pa. — Laying claim to a "great" first quarter, video game hardware and software retailer Electronics Boutique recorded a 23 percent sales increase in its fiscal first three months, hitting $372.4 million, up from $303.5 million in the same period last year.

Palo Alto, Calif. — Strong growth across all regions and product categories — namely the Americas and personal and notebook computers — boosted fiscal second quarter revenue Hewlett-Packard’s personal systems group by 17 percent, hitting $6 billion, up from $5.1 billion in the year-ago period. However, revenue was lower than the first fiscal quarter, which posted a $6.2 billion figure.

Atlanta — Strong double-digit comp-store sales performance in major appliances helped Home Depot register a 16.2 percent fiscal first quarter overall sales increase. Sales in the period reached $17.6 billion, up from $15.1 billion in the same three months last year.

Round Rock, Texas — Demand in the United States from consumers and small and medium businesses, as well as improved spending among large corporate customers, helped grow Dell fiscal first quarter revenue 21.1 percent, to $11.5 billion, from a year-ago $9.5 billion.